The Wollaston Theatre was a historic

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...

at 14 Beale Street in

Quincy, Massachusetts Quincy ( ) is a coastal U.S. city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county and a part of Greater Boston, Metropolitan Boston as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 1 ...

. It was built in 1926 and added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1989. In recent decades, the "Wolly" was a second-run discount movie house run by Arthur and Yvonne Chandler. The theater closed in 2003. After many plans to purchase and renovate it, following Arthur Chandler's death, the theater was finally sold to Miao Kun “Michael” Fang, the owner of the C-Mart supermarket chain. Demolition of the theatre began in June, 2016, and was completed over the next few months. The site is now a parking lot. The Wollaston Theatre was the venue for the last performance of the

Plasmatics The Plasmatics were an American punk rock, hardcore punk and heavy metal band formed by Rod Swenson and Wendy O. Williams in New York City in 1977. They were a controversial group known for chaotic, destructive live shows and outrageous theat ...

and

Wendy O. Williams Wendy Orlean Williams (May 28, 1949 – April 6, 1998) was an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the punk rock band Plasmatics. She was noted for her onstage theatrics, which included partial nudity, exploding equipment, firing ...

on their final tour in 1988.

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The Wollaston Theatre at Cinema Treasures
Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Neoclassical architecture in Massachusetts Theatres completed in 1926 Buildings and structures in Quincy, Massachusetts Theatres in Massachusetts 1926 establishments in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Quincy, Massachusetts {{NorfolkCountyMA-NRHP-stub

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